the, the we are in the center of to rock what the city surprisingly is almost entirely, in fact, the spots about the wage for a month p o r t become this is the 1st international news network to report from a donuts for public logistics top that's been taken by russian troops. so vakio warns it will k to crane if a lot of there's a low speed doesn't resume the transfer impression gas to europe. and renewed a controversy between france and the african states says, presidents a manual, my chronic criticizes the continent for not showing proper recognition of french policies in the region of this comes several countries declare paris should withdraw its forces

from our headquarters in moscow. i'm rachel ruble. you're watching the weekly on our t international are look at the top new stories for around the worlds and the weak done by normality is gradually returning to a don bass city that's been taken by russian troops. moscow says kia, have lost more than 15000 soldiers in the battle for 4 to walk over. russian forces have now gained full control of the strategically important logistics. hub ortiz, we're our guys to have is the 1st international news correspondent to exclusively report from the area. we are in the center of good rock about this easy, surprisingly, ease, almost entirely in tax. the spots about who the wage for a months. here with the 1st press, the managed to ends up quarter,

i'll cover the most dangerous pause, ease the drive to the city, across the plains and, and fields. but the weather was all friend today. it was very foggy, almost new drones. the other remarkable thing about the garage, is it a pre will population of 18000, almost a cold list, 4000 people choose to remain in the city and the waste russian forces hiding in basements, hydrogen in the apartments. and they were very fortunate. they were very fortunate that you created the fed, does he have crumbled the russian soldiers that we have spoken to say the city was completely unprepared for an in depth defense. the defensive positions that ukrainian military, it seems, he's suffering from attrition. the fight that they have pulled up here is of the

fight that they would have put up previously, the flights of the so in the money you, but in a box most embodying, in sort of dog. many other cities that are being left devastated. these people, he of the thousands, the roommates we spoke and the cost of the data. many of them may have described or i read this things. they have said how they were abused, how ukrainian soldiers, mud civilians here who they accuse of being phrases will staying to wait for russians for trying to re you nice with the with rush or they. they said many of the, the faces of the people here, of the towns, people, the be is up to them. they would have killed the more we will bring you, of course, the, the testament later as we leave this as you. but as you can see,

it is incredibly called, despite the fact that we have gone kilometers away from you crazy in positions, they are still on the retreat and with the capture of good rock of which you crate in force, as described as a fortress city, which they poured huge sums of money into the defense offered money that was apparently stolen this barred promising to defend this loss. they gave it up and this opens an operational space for russia to advance further. there's nothing similar to cut off of a fuss many and many kilometers westwood towards the door. the don't towards the appropriate. they're all regions. the battle for cut off is over. so lucky a has reiterated as a threat to sanction t of after vladimir zalinski refused to keep russian gas flowing to europe and

consumers through ukraine. the soviet president has ruled out during the camp for tox, are in a situation where the ukrainian parliament is adopting a law that intends to ban even the transportation of oil to slovakia, despite existing contracts. under such conditions, my trip to ukraine is currently excluded. if i have to go there just to take a picture and i am told that not a single drop of oil and gas will go to slovakia, then i don't have to go there. i'm so lucky as prime minister has joined to the e. u. countries president in slamming the landscape. robert pizza says he's sick of seeing ukrainian leader begging for handouts from the west. a gosh, now is what you're going to do. you, cranium, president continues to damage just like this. if the courtney president continues to damage the entire european union like this, the slovak republic will show that it is a sovereign country. at this moment, zalinski deliberately damages the slovak republic and the european union. so what

can we do? first, we can stop all humanitarian aid, even what was recently approved by the government of the slovak republic. the 2nd possibility is that the government of the slovak republic is determined to significantly reduce or even completely remove various social benefits that have been given to printing and citizens who came to the slovak republic. since the start of the military conflict. well, and ukraine and brussels concluded to basically screw over e u countries, lights of out here that were still dependent on russian pipeline. vast trends that through ukraine and how they do that well by turning off the top about 10 days ago, meaning a loss of about 500. 15000000 annually. first of all that yeah. and the potential here to another $1000000000.00 from having to pay more for gas from other sources and well brussels tosses. cash it keeps like it's wrapped around a stripper tool. actually, you members, staples, actually,

i can't seem to get any love at home so, so the prime minister robert pizza says that he's just going to march right on over to the you in front of the energy commissioner and basically say, hey, it's keyed for us by the make a choice, not that he wants to create drama, he says he isn't quote, interested in escalating tensions, but if the problem isn't solved, so lock you will have to take full hard reciprocal measures shortly. he says, but brussel says that it doesn't see a problem here that they've been quote, working with the member states and with ukraine to prepare in advance for this scenario. which scenario exactly the one where the gas prices go up and blow a massive hole in the budget of you have another. busy you country the says that the gas coordination groups not last week, which is i guess, another merry band of dust jockeys. and, well, they don't see any security or supply issues for the you at all. just uh, you know,

the industrialization of germany and skyrocketing debt and installation in france and the establishment regime changing itself right out of power across the u because national economies suck now. and now, so that, yeah, it's sounding the alarm. but other than that, no, no problem at all because the uses are there haven't been any price increases since the new year as a result of this latest active economic suicide. and well, that's because the market is already hedge their bets that the you would, in fact do something really stupid to itself again. and that's already factored in this latest se, into their projections before the new year pizza had warned in his new year's address the trying to stick it to put in by going further into the whole, paying more for gas having to subsidize ukraine even more because it also cut off its own russian gas transit income and dealing with rising gas prices across the

bloss. um, well wasn't what winning was supposed to look like for the you, hunger, you can get russian gas or turkey at least. but it still recognizes how ukraine has basically screwed everyone over across the block. the development that led to the latest price increases was ukraine's cessation of the transfer of russian natural gas on its territory to central europe. since the end of the ukrainian transit route in mid december, the price of natural gas on the european market has increased by 20 percent. now hungry is energy supply secure, but ukraine's decision to stop transit shipments will lead to further price increases and create new competitiveness challenges for central europe and the european union as a whole. oh yeah, and the problem isn't just installed actually right now. there's also involved over which was getting russian gas pipe to ukraine and into the pro russian enclave of transmission area. but then just decided to stop paying for it, wrapped up

a $700000000.00 debt in the process. and then news about solving that problem by claiming that they just own the russian gas from majority own gas company that was delivered yet. i think i'll try that with my own gas company after racking up some bills and just see how that goes. like, what are they going to do? cut you off using the move, you see it for many years. russia supplied natural gas. thanks to which in fact some trans and history a survive ship now, due to the decisions made by ukraine and the mode open authorities, trends in history a has lost that possibility. well yeah, yes, it kind of figured that that's how this stopped like that would have turned out, but hey, nothing to see here. all is going great in the you. they say good, good. i'm good you. it's hard to get by with the electricity in gosh, hold adjust the gas is running out and the right electrical blackouts, for example, today from 8 am to noon, and then from $6.00 to 8 pm. so for a total of 8 hours,

we didn't have electricity through to see what that was. yes, there are difficulties because i used to wear a t shirt at home, but now i have to be fully dressed. it is become more difficult to live and we've simply doesn't look like these just to we are all tied to electricity, mobile phones, all devices run on electricity. and naturally, these rolling blackouts are a surprise for some of those who have generators can cope with those who do not have generators are forced to rebuild their lives to the new so called reality might often break out the turtle next and have the sweaters across to you again because winter gas storage is way down this year compared to the same time last year as 69 percent capacity down from 84 percent right across europe. same in the u . k where it's 26 percent lower, but no, nothing really to worry about. everything's under control. you just have an e u member states. slovakia downsize that they're going to take drastic measures targeting what it considers to be inactive economic warfare against it by ukraine

and the blocks chief diplomat. tie a callous to say that she's totally sure that all you countries are ready to continue to support ukraine to the point that the you will take over ukraine's bills to the us under china kicks zelinski out of the basement and off their wallet . speaking like someone who clearly doesn't have to worry about being elected to the job by popular vote, looks like the clowns in charge in brussels. are intent on doing a high flying truck piece out here without a safety net for this course live now to senior research fellow at the global policy, the policy institute george samuel la george. we heard some strong words from the slovak prime minister, robert feed service. what do you make of his approach to the situation? warning that he will pull support for ukraine if he of continues to endanger slovaks, energy? what is the understandable because it is

a very serious issue. i mean, it's not just the loss of uh, gas. uh for uh, slovakia, but it's also a loss of revenue because it can do so. lock is gonna have to pay a lot more for its gas, and those, those are so lucky owns quite a lot of money uh, through uh, transiting gas to other other countries such as the czech republic and hunger is so it's understandable that a small country such a slovak in the list, this is causing a huge economic problem. so why he has been quite reasonable. he hasn't yet taken the measures of he is threatening to take, but it's perfectly understandable why he would want to do this, given that all attempts to negotiate something with ukraine, the sofa fav. this way, that's terrific. thomas, as water is elizabeth, criticized, robert faith says visit to russian, calling it quote, immoral is an interesting choice of words there, because this has

a visit between 2 heads of state. why do you think ethics are even a part of the conversation? well, of course, the not, but the zalinski seems to think that the unconditional support for ukraine is behaviours the expression of morality. um, what, what is fits of doing fits as doing what any of political leader is supposed to do? he's concerned primarily over the welfare of his own people. this is the middle of winter. he doesn't want these people to freeze. then during the winter, what is it supposed to do? of course he goes to a russia to try to figure something out. but the point is that zalinski did what he did by, by essentially cutting off gas flows to europe. he did that precisely in order to hurt a fits to hurt slovak yet in the hope that this would provoke a popular unrest in slovakia and lead to his downfall at a certain extent,

that is what i mean. clearly, there are and you know, so far an agents involved, but they're all now growing, protest in slovakia over uh, fits those policies so that that was always the zip is the landscape goal here. so meanwhile, the slovak in presidents of peter pelligrini says he will not be visiting ukraine because of the holt and gas supplies. how do you see the situation evolving here? well, i think it's good to get a lot worse because the european commission isn't going to help of slovak, it's made clear that it really does. he does, they don't thing. but as of i get, deserves any help because it looks like it has explicitly opposed you policy to warranty. if any of those, the sanctions balls in a bubble, oppose the militarization of this conflict on the plots of the you. so obviously the, the european commission says, what are you, hey, you know, you chose the spot you follow on your own. so i would expect the walk in now to

take the steps that he's thinking which, which is threatening to take, which is to stop selling electricity to ukraine. stop providing humanitarian assistance to ukraine and probably conflict cutting off uh, welfare to, um, ukrainian, migrants into the lock you. how realistic are those threats? so of cutting a 2 crane considering to lock you is in a use state and the you for the most part still does largely support ukraine as i was gonna say, use the logic and come back on its own contribution. so the european piece, facilitate i, the, the bilateral, whatever. what, but actual assess those that he's coming from us, the walk here that they can do. and that's why and so some of that you manage here and assistance, some of which is some of it is bilateral. they can cut back on the getting the welfare payments to ukrainians they can do. but again, i mean, you know, they,

they can certainly say we don't want to contribute to the european foot piece facility. i don't know whether they're going to do that. i don't know if they gonna go to that fall, but that's certainly something that's within the slovak yes capability. robert pizza also mentioned the strain, the sudden decrease of gas applies will put on europe. what action do you expect from other e u leaders? well, i don't think they, they will do much. i mean the, i mean obviously hunger rate and would just close the line was the market will to help in whatever way you can. and then there's also the blue, whatever gas that's available uh through the touch screen. any extra capability. i think that would help. um, i doubt whether this in any assistance uh full is coming uh from the rest of the uh the you. um it's very, it's very hard to start um uh, reorganizing uh things in the last minute i'm in the energy industry and so it's

based on long term contracts and it's hard to start shopping around so um, other than um, a assistance so hungry. i doubt whether it would be too much of an aide from the rest of europe. all right, well there with our senior research fellow at the global policy institute, george samuel la george. thank you. thank you. a building a south africa that belongs to all that is the rallying cry for president. so run a post commemorating the 113th anniversary of the african national congress. pose a is head of the ruling a and see that has shaped the south african history and its fight for independence . the party originated as a liberation movement, fighting against apartheid under the leadership of nelson mandela at squeaked by in the mail actions and is focusing on the future and the country's economic growth. to show up the new coalition government we've heard from the south african foreign minister says brooks is the central part of that future.

the toner, wherever they seem to be a little overboard. that is able to help us at a low door to, to, to help us to resolve this is for the development, the alternative level. but also the day before the reform detection, that most of the group on solve it continues to be in the country and really see from the entire global financial institutions funding to try to do it as well as the most of the

geo politics are also important for south africa and it has played a key role in opposition to the war in gaza. the agencies 1st deputy secretary general says that's not going to change regardless of the pressure washington may apply. it really is, but every time we saw that i knew we had to do that. do i need that? we do need to get out and that's not important. part is we're not changed because of the new government. they have been but we are able kids, they know what we either one of situations, but now what that people know that there's no intention and attempt to to who is never the best way to keep things. otherwise, this is a life, it split up the absent cabinet and whatnot. the number of other goods that i'm taking that our policy has never been in

france as president micron. says african leaders have forgotten to think of paris for supposedly enabling them to keep their sovereignty. several african nations have ordered all french troops to leave their territory. for most people who frances not retreating in africa, is re organizing itself. we chose to move out of africa, not because we had to move out. it was our commitment against terrorism since 2013 . we were right. i think some african leaders forgot to say thank you. it doesn't matter. it will come with time. in gratitude, i'm in a good position to know is a non communicable disease of humans. but i will say it for all the african rulers who have not yet had the courage, abuse of either public opinions to say it. none of them would be a sovereign country today, if the french army had not deployed in this region. chad has been one of those

rejecting mclelland's claims of african vida is ingratitude. so much that the foreign minister update them on quote them a lot is accusing face praise of the menu on the chronic of showing disdainful africa on those remarks any further experiencing his concerns over the president's remarks. the minutes to emphasize the french leaders must respect africans, but africa wouldn't have full for solving to do the 1st place without calling the addison and the imperial waste is that person, my crime is facing a backlash, even in his own country. his own people have a problem with him, and that's why the tab need to see some, a crime should focus on his whole country and his own people. french leaders must learn to respect the african people and recognize the value of their sacrifices. france has never endowed the chaldean army in a significant way or contributed to its structural development. and it's 60 years of presence marked by civil wars rebellions and prolonged political instability.

the french contribution has often been limited to its own strategic interests, with no real lasting impact on the development of the child of young people. instead of attacking africa, president mac crohn should focus is efforts on solving the problems that concern the french people. steve was cynical, as prime minister was my sancho has also joined the criticism, rejecting in my normal crumbs assertion that african lead is full. the positions to face ministry support. sancho says franz has neither the capacity move and budget tennessee to a so advocacy, true to either the sovereignty. i would like to say that in the case of send a goal, this statement is completely erroneous. no discussions or negotiations have taken place to date, and the decision taken by send a goal stems from it so well as a free, independent and silver and country. finally, he declares that no african country would be silver and today, if fronts had not deployed. let us know that france has neither the capacity nor

the legitimacy to insure africa, security, and sovereignty on the country. it has often contributed to destabilizing such an african countries, such as libya, with disastrous consequences notated on the stability and security of the health. finally, it is the place to remind president mac chrome, that if african soldiers sometimes forcibly mobilized, mistreated and finally betrayed, had not deployed during the 2nd world war to defend fronts. it would still be perhaps today, german even more close, most loyal supporters of which they are increasingly a few in front would be very hot priests to say he has been successful on the african continent. and it seems like his countrymen also off the view that he has lost his touch. we all seeing fates politic students taking to social media and media of the platforms expressing via and go over the remarks and decisions off the face of president president my crowns remarks about the supposedly negotiated

departure of the french army from senegal. and chad are denied by both countries. once again, casual and this and uncontrolled words are worsening. our country's international relations in subordinate diplomacy will allow other results when the time comes over the past few years, the phones has been forced out of more than 70 percent of the african nations we have previously maintained. it's submitted to presence and today it's full since the last, the conflicted, or rather confined to ship and couple one. and it's only a matter of time before those countries also realize that and make the decisions to get from us off to off the to retrieve. even then the face president will deny he's decisions. ladiva madiba, a journalist and presenter at the insight factor, says the cron statement clearly reveals how france looks down the edits, former colonies. you have done the all in terms of the 2000 of those salary agents . you know, they keep talking about the applicant, people. so we don't know why don't you know, countries you know,

right and dismissed because it wasn't because of the coding is part of the, you know, so it's at this level for him to say that, you know, i think it's just been, it's, i think it's a it's a big embarrassment for you maintenance foreign policy to be kicked out of africa. but the, so many as problems as, as, as, as, as, as, as piggyback and the results of the african people you know, was passed is what it is today because of the suite and the black african people and the results of effort that, you know, i think it's just another example of colonial, an imperialist arrogance from them and made them a credit yourself. you know, is this an example of seeing advertising of, uh, as another playground no for, for, for has been countries and the countries to companies advertise to their resources . can all say that the french lips because they want it to go. it's a few i live there with the retention to keep out, but the people to stay with us here in our tea international up next roads, the parts life, the

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[000:00:00;00] the hello and welcome to, well, the part that we want you to forecast and steer global development in stanford has long been one of the west main competitive advantages, allowing you to ride the wave of ever increasing influence until 2009. when the global financial crisis push the united states to set up to 20, to split the damage unless the brakes leaders to come together for the 1st time to advance the common good. 15 years on which of these 2 former looks more viable or more attractive to the rest of the wealth of discount that i'm now joined by paul and the gira,

a brazilian economist and former executive director of the international monetary fund. mr. gary, it's good to see you again. thank you very much for your time. i thank you for having me here. now you've had a very interesting career having served in the old style that is western dominated financial institutions like they are math and also being associated with the new age group. things like breaks and new development bank. i wonder if you find the item that's experience in any way helpful to sort of observing what's happening with the brakes these days. in many ways. yes. what if i were to select one thing that i learned from the my experience of 8 years in, in washington, in the math. it is that the current, international monetary and financial system dominated by the united states and its allies. it's henri farmable. the system is rigid,

it's originally controlled. it has because when i say this is, i mean the mass, the world bank, the federal reserve, the dollar itself, the swift payment system. all of this has become a set of bull, a geopolitical instruments. but the wes uses routine the and aggressively to intimidate a restrict and you know, dominate other countries. so this, this is my experience on the front i, i felt a lot for to reform the fund i spent using. he is doing that. and my, we did a to some things in the context of what you just mentioned, the financial crisis, when the west was weak, it's sort of made some concessions, but since 2010, since it's 14 years, the whole structure of the fund has been for pros, actually oh, how do you understand that because you've written